Yes, I had raised the issue in an earlier thread. A few observations, lest I only re-hash the earlier discussion:
1) Whether you use insulated tools or not, your PPE requirements don't change one bit. That's whay I posed the question in the first place;
2) I've looked at an awful lot of electricians' tool bags, and it's rare for me to find more than one insulated tool;
3) The only folks I've seen with sets of insulated tools are plant personnel who regularly work in control panels; and,
4) I fail to understand why aluminum ladders are scary to electricians, but steel manlifts are acceptable.
Keep in mind that if we define insulated tools as 'safety equipment,' it becomes the employers' burden to provide them. This is a fundamental change, since sparkies generally provide their own hand tools.
